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1945
1945 - 1716.PDF
AUGUST 30TH, 1945 FLIGHT 225 On each side of the nose ofthe Expediter is a Vice- Admiral's flag. The ma-chine is finished in two shades of blue. which are staggered fore- and-aft, two per side, were specially modified by Rum- bolds from the standard V.I.P. type chair to bring the overall width down to 23m. They are upholstered in dark red hide and have- adjustable back-rests and adjustable winged head rests. Cabin walls are sound- proofed with Sepak pad- ding and covered with real hide, of similar colour to the chairs, up to the top line of the windows. Mahogany vertical covering strips break the wall length into three panels, and the cabin roof is ceiled with a beige- fawn woollen fabric trimmed with scarlet leather piping. A fawn short-pile carpet, also trimmed with scarlet leather, covers the floor. On the port wall in front of the rearmost chair—which is the Admiral's favourite seat position—is a mahogany folding writing table and, as noise is not conducive to work, sound insulation, or absorption, has received some attention. Sepak is used to line the roof as well as the walls, and each of the cabin windows, including the circular, port in the door and that opposite, is glazed with two thicknesses of Perspex enclosing an air space. It is to be expected, however, that these measures will to some extent be negatived by the fact that the control cabin opens direct to the main cabin, there being no door fitted between them. Consequently, should any window in the cockpit be open, airscrew and engine noise will be transmitted to the cabin without let or hindrance. Cockpit Layout Ventilation is effected by an extractor duct (aero- dynamic) in the centre of the roof, whilst ducts above the windows feed adjustable, individual punka louvres at each seat for cool-air supply. Warm air is derived through engine exhaust heat exchangers and is fed to ducts at floor-skirting level in the walls, whence it emerges through gauze-covered vents; control of warm-air feed is by the pilot. The cockpit layout and general arrangement is neat and clean, all controls being well placed and com- ing nicely to hand. An automatic pilot is fitted and, as the panel is set directly facing the captain's seat, the normal flying instruments are displaced above and to the right of it. This is not too bad, but as the engine instruments are all grouped to the right of the fascia, a certain amount of parallax must necessarily obtrude in their case. The second pilot's seat is occupied by the radio operator, and most of his controls are located in the roof with remote trans- mission linkage to the actual sets, which are stowed aft of the main cabin. In addition to two 2-band The four chairs, staggered fore-and-aft, were modified from the standard V.I.P. type by Rumbold to reduce thewidth to 2310.
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